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Police: Teen shot in the head

A 13-year-old boy has improved to serious condition Friday after a shooting last weekend.

Police said Michael Wells, of Berwick, was visiting another 13-year-old friend at a home in Ankeny when the shooting happened at about 3 p.m. last Sunday.

Police said Wells was found in the parent's bedroom with a single gunshot to the head and was taken to Mercy Medical Center.

According to police, there were two other teens at the home at the time of the shooting: a 14-year-old girl and her 13-year-old brother.

Police are treating them as witnesses, and their names are not being released.

Police said the parents of the teens were not home at the time of the shooting.

Wells family told KCCI Monday that he's in a medically induced coma.

Dr. Brad Buck is the superintendent of Saydel Community School District where Wells is a seventh grader at Woodside Middle School.

Buck said both teachers and students are upset to hear the news.

"It's especially upsetting for those closest to him," said Buck. "We have a group of Michael's close friends that are pretty upset. They have been in to talk to counselors today."

Buck has been in touch with Wells family and said they seem to be cautiously optimistic.

"In talking to Michael's mom, they believe things are progressing better than they thought they could and there is a chance that he could be off the medication for the coma as soon as tomorrow," said Buck.

No charges have been filed in the case, police said. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

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